I need fishing tips to catch crappie and bass. I use all kind of baits...

[Pickle juice]

...and none get hit. I need some advice.? I fish in Central Valley, CA..(Hensley Lake, Pine Flat Lake, SJ River, Kings River)
It sucks and very frustrating seeing other ppl catch fish. i suck.

[Jimmy M]

for the bass any bass will bite a rubber worm. i have found that if you use a weightless rubber worm the bass love the way it moves. just put it on a regular bass hook and let it sink to a desirable depth. then just reel it in really slow. i always catch bass on it and it will also catch lunker crappie...but for the crappie i always just use a regular tube jig...the easiest thing to use for crappie is a nightcrawler on a bobber though, if you can't catch any crappie on a nightcrawler then there cant even be any crappie in the lake....for the bass in the river though i suggest minnows or a tube jig, i went out to the kankakee river in illinois a couple of days ago with a tube jig and caught at least 20 smallmouth in one spot...so go out there using those things and have fun!